Why I DNFed "Since You've Been Gone"

Synopsis: It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list.On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Emily would normally never try. But what if they could bring her best friend back?Apple picking at night? Okay, easy enough.Dance until dawn? Sure. Why not?Kiss a stranger? Um... Emily now has this unexpected summer, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected), to check things off Sloane's list. Who knows what she’ll find?Go skinny-dipping? Wait...what? This is another one of those books that everyone and their mother loves but I was really hesitant to pick up because I didn't think it was quite for me. Young adult contemporary has to be especially good to draw me in and not annoy the hell out of me. I have to love the relationship and the characters. That just did not happen with this book.

Nothing about this book made me want to keep reading it. I was not a fan of the main character. Despite our shared social anxiety, nothing about her really made me care about her, if that makes sense. She was...boring. And the main love interest, I didn't care for him either. Nothing made me want to ship them. While the whole idea of the list seemed interesting, it just fell flat for me.

I wish I could have liked it enough to continue reading it, but I just didn't want to push myself through it.

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Hi my name is Sierra. I run The Nerdgirl Review. I love to read, blog, watch tv and movies, write, and eat. Tumblr and Netflix are my obsessions. When I'm not doing what I'm enjoying I'm attending college for a biology major. What the future holds is still to be determined.